48 November 2021
BY KIM HAST Y
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
TONY WOOTEN
e Best
is Yet to
Come
Family, friends and
volunteers help make
this house a home
E
very day, it seemed, was cause for
celebration in the bustling home
of Janet and Lynwood Berg.
Trips to the beach, big holiday
dinners, love, laughter and, once, a month-
long camping trip all over the United States
with their five children in tow.
"Dad and Mom have always been about
family," said daughter Pam Berg Griffith.
"Growing up with them was always an
adventure. And if we'd ever argue, we had to
either hold hands or hug each other."
Even when their children became
parents themselves and grandchildren and
great-grandchildren began coming along,
Janet and Lynwood maintained an active
lifestyle, as well as their independence. ey
hosted many a family gathering in their big
log cabin – the Berg's Nest – on 19 acres in
Moore County.
Neither serious health scares nor an
emotional move from the Berg's Nest so that
they could be closer to family in Fayetteville
managed to dampen the couple's spirits
for long. And thanks to some help from
the Cumberland County Council on
Older Adults and the carpentry ministry
at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, the
Bergs' backyard in the Stratford Hills
neighborhood feels like home sweet home.
"ey were awesome," Griffith said of the
volunteers who helped install a wheelchair
ramp before her parents moved into the
home in 2017. "e Cumberland County
Council on Older Adults has so many
wonderful programs available. We filled out
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